Daybreak - the launch onwards

The presenters don't sit down at 6am and not get up until 8.30am. During the news, regional news, features and ad breaks, which makes up most of the programme, they won't be sat down. We used to see it all the time on GMTV, there were a few occasions where the 'lift got stuck' and they didn't make it back on time.

They also used to present TOTH from the video wall, it's a shame they don't do that anymore, it was a very nice shot.

They did just this yesterday, at least i think they did it at 0730. Not quite TOTH though, but at least it gave the half hour a bit of gravitas, giving us the headlines before handing over to Tasmin.

The show was rather more news orientated yesterday what with the public sector strikes etc, handled very well by Kate and Adrian of course. But a poll on their website shows that over 50% of viewers weren't to be affected by the strikes, begging the question, why was the show so industrial action dominated?

The 6am TOTH was opened from the videowall, an introduction, then the titles, another introduction/coming up... then over to Tasmin

Very GMTV

Not sure you have to be directly affected by a news event for it to be interesting and important to you. Whether the GMTV/Daybreak audience find it interesting / important is a different question!

Some stories are significant enough to dominate all news programmes' agendas.

I'd say, IMHO...

Pre-dawn: get rid of the performance area and have a "presentation two" area when it's dark. Therefore, no more custard roller blinds

News desk: get rid, and hotdesk sports area. The weather screens bigger and more effective anyway

Post-dawn: "presentation one" area - current red sofa style, back in purple, however get rid of the raised level they're on, and drop to floor level (so it won't block out "the view")

Performance area: move to the news desk area (it's only really used around 08:00 anyway, isn't it?)

The patio has proved a real let-down. This morning we had Sarah Beeny (who I really like) et all, perched round a small glass table on high chairs with ubiquitous placed glasses of "breakfast" orange juice. All that was missing was a basket of stale complimentary croissants!!!

Isn't the raised level hiding a concrete step in the studio? I'm sure that area was raised on programmes that have been in that studio before.

As well as, of course, the fact that Daybreak don't have crystal balls and can't be entirely sure how a programme will go down when planning it - they have to take some risks.

I understand both your points, and that as the main story of the day on many news provisions, it needed to be covered in depth, but I am merely questioning whether or not the show needed to revolve around this story quite so much!

I've been thinking, maybe the time format is wrong. I don't do rescheduling often, or rotas, so rotaphiles - excuse the lack of seconds in this.

Maybe structure both hours like this:

0600 - Light 'show content'
0645 - News quarter, 15 minutes of pure news, from the sofa, going in depth.
0700 - More light content
0715 - News
0730 - Light content
0750 - Something cool before the kids go to school
0800 - News
0815 - Something fluffy
0830 - Lorraine.

So the news appears in 15 minute chunks, including local opts. This would cater for those that want to know the news and those that like the fluffiness.

Hmmm I must be honest and say I don't like it, sorry! If you get up at 6 in the morning, and say, only watch for 20 mins, you don't get any news. It appears at the moment that you have to wait 45 mins for news, then 30 mins, then 45 mins. Not an improvement in my opinion.
Whereas 15 minute intervals from 6 throughout the show, even if only to introduce headlines, would insure that you got news pretty much whenever you watched. I also think that there needs to be more continuity and consistency in each hour eg the TOTH at 6 and 7 is light content, while at 8, there is news. Sorry!

According to the studio plan there is a raised area around the entire window perimeter.

http://www.londonstudios.co.uk/cmsfiles/items/studiodetails/Stuarts_Studio_7.pdf